Once Again Revisiting The Internet Movie Database Top 250 Movies List

Once Again Revisiting The Internet Movie Database Top 250 Movies List

If you studed the Internet Movie Database list of “Top 250 Movies as voted by our users ,” which I did in the late 1990s, one thing became quite clear: Either the majority of voters just began going to the movies in 1990, or they all had very short memories! I wondered what the list would look like if I eliminated all newer movies, so it would reflect only the top-ranked classic films. So I put together a list and published it here. Now, as this is being written, it’s 2005, and I decided to do it again, this time eliminating all movies made after 1985 (plus a couple of foreign films). Here are the first 50 picks using my system:

As before, the list of “Bottom 100 movies” is filled with sequels, unfunny comedies, and bad action flics, as you might expect. There probably isn’t a movie that doesn’t belong on the list, although I’m happy to report that I’ve seen only a handful of them.

Have you made your own your own Top 50, 100 or 200 list? I have. Check out my list and find out how you can submit yours to be published on this site or linked to if it’s already on the Web somewhere!